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Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit Is Powerful Rootkit Scanner And Remover

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Our computer is like a car. Just like your car needs frequent maintenance, the performance of a PC deteriorates with the passage of time and needs periodic system scans to get rid of any viruses or malicious scripts. Rootkits are one of those harmful software, which make their way into your computer through application installations from unreliable sources. Rootkits are obnoxious for executing certain undetectable processes in the background, the purpose of which is to steal pivotal information and send it en route to the attacker’s system. They provide attackers with certain administrator privileges, so they can take complete control of your system. It’s quite difficult to detect such rootkits, and many antivirus or anti-malware tools simply overlook them. Read More

Norton Satellite For Windows 8 Scans Local Files, Facebook Feeds & Dropbox For Malicious Content

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Cloud storage is gaining popularity with each passing day. Online storage services such as Dropbox, Box and Google Drive let users easily store and access their data online. The reason why users love using cloud storage services is that they let them create a backup of sensitive data online and access it on the go. In Windows 8, Microsoft offers deep integration with SkyDrive. Plus, the upcoming Microsoft Office (2013) will also include support for saving all documents to your SkyDrive account. Some cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, allow you to sync specific local folders with online storage, meaning that any file saved in that will be automatically uploaded to online storage and any file uploaded to the latter will be downloaded to the folder on one or more devices. Although it is a hassle-free way of keeping your files up-to-date, should your system be infected with malware, there is no way of knowing whether that malware passed onto a synced file, and subsequently, another one of your computers. Today, we have a Windows 8 app called Norton Satellite that allows users to scan their Dropbox account for infected files, Facebook feeds for malicious links and local files and folders for any malicious script that may harm your PC. Read More

Emsisoft Emergency Kit: Malware Scan, System Analysis & Registry Cleaning Suite For Windows

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Whenever a computer is infected with any malware or virus, a lot of times, installation and proper execution of Windows, as well as third party applications, gets disturbed. This means that you cannot install new programs to your computer in order to fix the issues. Sometimes, even the Windows Task Manager is disabled by some viruses, so that you cannot manually kill the processes responsible for the malicious activity. An antivirus program can protect you from all this; however, if the antivirus fails to detect and stop the malware from infecting your system, you might find yourself in a situation where your whole computer is rendered useless. Today, we have a portable malware scanner, system analysis and cleaning suite named Emsisoft Emergency Kit. Read More

Official Android App Of Free Online Malware Scanner VirusTotal Released

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VirusTotal is a free online malware scanning service that utilizes antivirus engines of multiple renowned computer and network security solution providers to detect potential malice attached to the user-specified files and URLs. Having catered to the malware detection needs of computer and web users, the trusted service has now turned its attention towards mobile users by releasing its official Android app in the Google Play Store. The mobile app is neither a malware scanner in itself, nor some feature-laden system protection tool. In fact, all it does is check your Android’s system and installed apps for potential hazards against its extensive database. Each individual app gets tested by as many as 40 different antivirus vendors that VirusTotal supports, and at the end of each scan, users are presented with the security status of the app, as well as the detailed results obtained through the process itself. Details to follow. Read More

System Security Guard Rates Files & Running Processes By Level Of Threat

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System security is a major problem nowadays, but no antivirus software is able to detect each and every virus out there. Add the fact that new viruses are being created everyday and you got a real mess on your hands. So how do you protect your computer by yourself? Well, first of all you need information, and that’s precisely what System Security Guard is all about. Based off System Explorer (reviewed here), System Security Guard is a file scanning application that scans your computer for all programs, drivers and running processes. It compares all the detected files with an online database and categorizes them into four groups; Safe, Threat, Unknown and Suspicious files. Read More

Spotflux: Encrypt Internet Traffic, Access Blocked Websites & Remove Ads

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When browsing through the massive, never-ending universe of the world wide web, we often come across various visible and hidden threats in the form of viruses, malware, keyloggers etc. One way to counter these threats is to use an updated antivirus program and keep your firewall active at all times. However, sending and receiving data over an unsecured connection still continues to be a security threat. Previously, we covered an application called TrafficLight that keeps your computer safe by continually scanning the internet traffic and blocking almost all possible vulnerabilities and potentially harmful elements. Today, we have a relatively advance traffic monitoring application called Spotflux. It provides you with an encrypted connection, malware and virus protection, open and unrestricted access to blocked content, and a private, ad-free browsing experience. Keep reading past the break for further details. Read More

Now Remove Locked Files & Apps Left Over Data, Check Viruses With FreeFixer

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FreeFixer is a powerful Windows application that enables you to remove apps’ left over data, and potentially dangerous applications, scripts and hidden payloads that can cause serious damage to the system. Since our review of FreeFixer back in 2009, the application has seen quite a lot of improvements in terms of both file removal options and features, including show file path and owning process that prevents file from deletion, improved error messages, support for additional companies, manual file registration, file authenticity check, virus check report from VirusTotal.com, increased file upload size limit and a lot more. Read past the jump for more details. Read More

How To Create Customizable Multiboot System Rescue Disk

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System Rescue bootable disks are built to help users easily troubleshoot those PC problems, which are generally quite difficult to fix such as corrupt boot sector, malware infected system files, physical & logical hard disk bad sectors, disk write failures and so on. In our previous guide on completely wiping the hard disk, we recommended using DBAN (Darik’s Boot And Nuke) Boot CD to shred the auxiliary and removable hard drives. Like any other boot disk, DBAN runs in a complete isolated environment to perform the disk wipe operation. Tools like DBAN, eScan Rescue, MSSS, Hiren’s Boot CD etc., require burning the ISO file on a separate disk for creating a bootable disk to fix PC issues, but what if you want to create a customizable bootable USB or CD/DVD disk to use all your favorite system diagnostic utilities without having to change the bootable disks on system startup? Read More

Windows Defender Offline Beta: Create Bootable Anti-Malware Disk/USB

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While normal anti-virus programs provide real-time protection, a system can get infected with malware when you connect a CD, DVD, or other media device, crippling your defences. In such a case, the only solution appears to be a wipe and load re-installation. Windows Defender Offline Beta is an application that can help you in such a situation. Using this tool, you can create a bootable USB, CD or DVD, and remove malware from your system, even when your system is unable to log on to the installed operating system. Read More

Norton Bootable Recovery Tool: Recover PC When It Becomes Unbootable

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Sometimes, when any malware infects a critical system file such as boot.ini, your PC can become unbootable. The infection can occur on a random or gradual basis, and reach a high threshold, after which it becomes practically impossible to boot your system due to infected operating system files. In such a case, a wipe of your Windows OS followed by a re-installation may appear to be the only choice, resulting in data loss. Norton Bootable Recovery Tool is an application that has been designed to help your recover your PC, in case of such an infection. It allows you to create a CD, DVD or USB flash drive containing stand-alone Norton antivirus tools for recovering your PC by removing malware agents, specifically when your PC becomes unbootable. Read More

MS Standalone System Sweeper Is Recovery Tool To Remove Malware And Rootkits

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Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper is a malware removal utility by Microsoft. It can help you create a bootable USB, CD or DVD for reclaiming a system from viruses and other malicious agents. This can be quite handy for people who might not be able to boot from their system due to a malware infection. System Sweeper thoroughly scans and removes viruses from such computers by booting itself (from a media device) at system startup. To use it , you will require saving the app on a media device such as a USB, CD or DVD. Just Launch System Sweeper, select a media device (CD, DVD or USB) and click Next. You can also choose the ISO option to create an ISO image of the app which can be burned to a CD or DVD later on. Read More

LBE Privacy Guard For Android Monitors Access Requests, Guards Privacy

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The chance of stumbling across a malicious Android application, as little as it may be, is one that you don’t want to take. There are more than a few anti-malware apps in the Android Market that help you safeguard your privacy, like the freshly released LBE Privacy Guard for rooted devices, for instance, which employs a method unique to the Android world. The freeware features a background service that constantly monitors app activities, alerting you whenever an app attempts to send or access SMS, location, phone ID or the internet and allowing you to permit or deny requested access from within said security alerts or the app itself. The developer, XDA member eoc, claims it is the “most powerful privacy protection app for Android” and has good reason to think so. Read More

Secure Firefox And Internet Explorer Browsing With G Data CloudSecurity

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If your PC gets infected with malwares, spywares, and phishing scripts even in the presence of configured anti-virus internet security components, you should deploy an additional security layer for your web browsers to ensure system stability. Since it’s not recommended to install more than one anti-malware software to protect system from malware, spyware, and phishing infested codes, you must use a dedicated security tool which looks for viruses, malwares, spywares, and security related vulnerabilities found in web pages. Similar to previously featured – TrafficeLight, G Data CloudSecurity is another web security tool which integrates into Firefox and Internet Explorer to protect you from malicious scripts. Before going into details. it’s worth mentioning here that it doesn’t erupt any sort of virus detection conflicts with other installed anti-virus suites nor does it disable any web-security functions of anti-phishing / anti-malware components of anti-virus. Read More

BitDefender For Android Keeps Your Device Free Of Malware

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Android's vulnerability against internal and external threats is no surprise to anyone. However, a good thing is that there are plenty of security apps in the Android Market that help users keep the lid closed on all such threats. Be it adware, spyware, viruses or any sort of spyware, you're almost certain to find a solution to various types of threats. While some of the tools are offered by relatively new companies, most of the trusted apps come from reputable companies which are gradually starting to take interest in the fast-flourishing smartphone industry. ESET, Norton, Comodo and Trend Micro are just a few examples of some tech giants that have already jumped on to the Android bandwagon. An encouraging aspect, however, is that the trend is still on the rise, as we continue to see other names enter the foray as well. In beta as of this writing, BitDefender Mobile Security is a comprehensive anti-malware application for Android that, with an assortment of user-activated and passive (background) tools for system protection, “keeps your Android device safe on the move” with negligible effect on battery and performance. The app features a cloud-based, on-demand Malware Scanner that sifts through all installed apps while tallying their security status with online BitDefender servers and an on-install scanning service that automatically scans newly installed apps. In addition, it allows users to view scan history (Event Viewer) and a Security Audit of all installed applications with the option to filter by permissions. Read More

Delete Infected And Locked Files With Remove With Batch

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Windows File Protection (WFP) prevents programs from replacing or removing critical Windows operating system files. WFP insures that Programs do not overwrite these files because of their critical importance. Protecting these files prevents problems with the operating system. While WFP protects critical system files that are installed as part of Windows (e.g. dll, ocx, and sys extensions) there are malicious programs that can replicate this behavior and appear to be one of these protected files. There are also common application files, like that of word processors that can be infected by malware. In our previous post we taught you how to remove these files from the command prompt. However, sometimes it is necessary to overwrite these files and many users might prefer a simpler method of removing them. Read More

Detect And Remove Rootkits From Windows System With GMER

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If you frequently download and install applications on your system from a number of unreliable sources, they might contain key loggers, rootkits and other malicious scripts. Keylogging is a self-deployed mechanism of recording each & every key that you press while working on your system. In similar fashion, rootkits covertly steals your precious information to let an attacker gain root access of your system. To keep yourself on a safe side, it is highly recommended to deploy an anti-system for such potentially harmful scripts. We have previously reviewed SpyShelter that comes with a whole lot of customizable options to scan out rootkits, malware and keylogging applications, here we have yet another application for Windows called GMER, which is designed to find all malware and key logging applications and scripts from your PC and provide you with an option to delete them in one go. However, it is not comparable with SpyShelter in terms of features, but offers a staunch armor to prevent your system to be pounced on with rootkits/malware. Read More

AVERT Scans Your Infected Windows PC With Popular Antivirus Tools

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Malware, be it a virus, spyware, rootkit, or anything from the lot, is a computer users’ nightmare. They can harm your data, damage your hardware, steal personal information, bring down whole networks, and in general can wreak havoc on any digital machine. They may even become the cause for financial loss once they hit on a massive scale. While Anti-malware programs work well mostly, they usually become useless once an infection has taken place. Considering how the sophistication of malware is also increasing, they are becoming smarter at disabling most anti-malware protection that you would have. Read More

Norton Power Eraser: Last Resort Against Malwares And Viruses

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Viruses can be a nuisance, especially if you've tried every measure but still find them lurking in some software or hardware piece and significantly affecting your work. And after having tried several antivirus applications, if you still don't get the desired results, then you're just left with one final resort--to perform a full PC reinstall. But before you take this drastic measure, there is one more option you should execute. Run a Norton Power Eraser aggressive virus removal scan. However, keep in mind that this program is only to be tried as a last resort, if everything else fails! Read More

SpyShelter Prevent Applications From Stealing Private Information

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Downloaded applications from unreliable sources may contain malwares, rootkits or keyloggers, which attempts to access private information from the system. Scanning completely for such rootkits and keyloggers is a bit difficult and many tools having intrinsic capability are unable to detect them. The solution is to use a dedicated tool for finding such spying programs. SpyShelter, as name suggests is a anti-key logger and works on the principle of finding all such spying programs which are seemingly efficient in their work but at backend continuously stealing personnel information. Read More

Remove Virus And Malwares With Portable Rizone Virus Cleaner

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Virus Cleaners are essential as the web is bursting with a lot of elusive viruses which are crawling 24/7, ready to pounce on your system. Anti-virus tools are also in numbers and very efficient in relative attributes & areas. The portability factor is one which seems useful when it comes to such virus cleaning tools. Rizone Virus Cleaner is one which offers mobility and simple interface to quickly find out & clean viruses/malwares from the system. Furthermore, if you're using other feature-rich Anti-virus suite like: Norton Antivirus, McAfe Antivirues, Microsoft Security Essentials,etc.,  it will not erupt any conflict with them and let you scan the system for viruses & malwares seamlessly. Read More